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U.S. health regulators significantly widened the nation’s Covid-19 booster campaign, clearing use of extra doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and also saying people can get a shot that is different from what they had previously received.

Protesters gathered outside one of Netflix’s Los Angeles offices to express their anger over the streaming giant’s Dave Chappelle comedy special, as some employees released demands for management and staged a walkout.

PayPal is in talks to buy social-media platform Pinterest, which has a market value of some $40 billion. Such a move would take the payments giant’s business in a new direction.

Members of the company’s remade board of directors are questioning several major investments as the company reconsiders its investment strategy in a fast-changing energy landscape.

“I should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting,” Ted Sarandos said in an interview.

Netflix added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter amid increased competition and the typical summer slowdown.

The carrier, whose profit was boosted by federal aid, said the spread of the highly transmissible strain of Covid-19 slowed flying during the third quarter but hasn’t derailed its recovery.

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar says the push for regulation got a boost from the disclosure of some of Facebook’s internal research.

More large U.S. companies are imposing requirements to meet a Biden administration deadline of Dec. 8 for federal contractors.

The agency wouldn’t recommend a specific booster but would allow people to get a different shot from their initial vaccination. The FDA is trying to greenlight the move as soon as this week.